Gambling

[RussianRaibow]

What % of people are into bitcoin/alternate coins because of gambling?  Is it higher or lower than illegal goods?

Other than that, the rest of the people must be either trading/speculating or doing logistical stuff in the world of crypto's.

I'm into bitcoin based social gambling games, NOT into any pump n dump shit.

[bitbollo]

I think a good % of people using btc also for gambling, but I think also that are people that normally gambling, and with altcoins there is a new environment for betting, for example with "microbetting", fast crediting, no account, anonimous, etc...
This is a really innovation in the market and a lot of people can enjoy this and other opportunities.

[hellscabane]

Personally, I got into crypto because I was fascinated by the emerging technology that it provides.

Gambling actually came later when I decided to divest my Sportsbook holdings. It's actually grown into my primary use-case for Bitcoin.

[galbros]

I think a poll is a great idea.

I actually think gambling is one of the more easily grasped uses of bitcoin, but I'm not sure that's why people started using it, rather it's just something that bitcoin is especially useful for.

[kpitti]

I enter to Bitcoin being interested by technology and mining. Increased price of BTC were one of the key too
I have some good amount of BTC and I am keeping it.
Currently I am gambling, mostly in sports with Bitcoins I assign for gambling. It`s fun.

Pool will be good here to see result. I am in gambling now.

[twister]

I think some people are in it only for gambling as it provides somewhat anonymous gambling and they don't have to provide their verification documents to play at a BTC Casino and they see that it is very easy to deposit/withdraw using Bitcoin and it takes much less time as compared to other online casinos which use alternate methods such as Credit Cards.

Then there are people who don't know where else to spend it, they don't want to keep their bitcoins closed in a cold wallet and they want to make use of it and since they don't want/need to buy anything with it or don't know where to invest it, they simply gamble with it.

I think most people would be in it for they think that it will bring them a profit some day. They want the price of BTC to go higher so they can get rich as some of the early adopters did. Will it happen or not, who knows?